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Board of Directors

President: Kate Kasten

Vice President: Marc Kimball

Treasurer: Michael Steblay

Secretary: Mike Ptacek

Other Voting Members:
Jill Greenhalgh
Bob Johnson
Teresa vanderBent
Pastor Linda Van Eaton

Staff

Executive Director: Kate Krisik

Dawn's Closet Program Manager: Dana Dunlap Massopust

Emergency Fund Program Co-Director: Cynthia Frederick

Interim Emergency Fund Program Co-Director and Church Partner Coordinator: Kris Huntley

 

Valley Outreach is a community-based, community-supported nonprofit organization, governed by a volunteer board of directors representing area community leaders from the public and private sectors and the faith community. We have several committees that assist our board of directors and executive director with the leadership of Valley Outreach.

Valley Outreach has been feeding our hungry neighbors since 1983 and assisting our neighbors in need with other basic services (clothing, household essentials, and emergency financial assistance) since 2005.

Before 2005, we were known as the St. Croix Valley Food Shelf and the St. Croix Emergency Food Shelf.

We currently are giving more than 36,000 pounds of food to nearly 400 hungry households every month through our Food Shelf, giving clothing, accessories, and household essentials to more than 200 households every month through Dawn's Closet, and giving an average of $7,000 in emergency financial assistance to about 25 households each month through our Emergency Fund.

Our Mission:

Valley Outreach is a bridge between the crisis of the moment and the solution of the future. We help our St. Croix Valley neighbors in need of food, clothing, emergency financial assistance, and other support while respecting their individual dignity and offering them encouragement and hope.